Burial ground in Knockagh (drom Par.)

Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside with a possible standing stone (TN035-003002) to the W. A raised semicircular area (dims. 45m SSW-NNE; 11m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank reduced to a scarp (H 1-1.7m) with a modern road intersecting the site at W on a N-S axis. Depicted as a 'Grave Yard site of' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Neolithic passage tomb; dates to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its semicircular enclosure and association with a possible standing stone suggest ritual or ceremonial significance in the local Neolithic landscape.